Stephanie Plum Books in Order
Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich contains 32 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is One for the Money (1994) and the newest is Split Second (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1994–2026
- Confirmed
- 32 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,098 in 28 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 152–227 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,098 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Stephanie Plum is a New Jersey bounty hunter in Janet Evanovich's comic mystery series, broke enough to take work chasing people who skip bail. The cases pull in a cast of oddballs, among them a cantankerous grandmother and a fellow bounty hunter whose past stays obscure, and Plum keeps landing in close calls on the way to her skips. 32 catalogued books run from One for the Money (1994) through Two for the Dough (1996), Three to Get Deadly (1997), Four to Score (1998), High Five (1999) and Hot Six (2000) to Split Second. The series is ongoing.
How many Stephanie Plum books are there?
Stephanie Plum has 32 books, released between 1994 and 2026.
Stephanie Plum Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Stephanie Plum books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1One for the Money1994 · 334 pages · confirmed 4/419943344/4
- 2Two for the Dough1996 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/419963364/4
- 3Three to Get Deadly1997 · 396 pages · confirmed 4/419973964/4
- 4Four to Score1998 · 313 pages · confirmed 4/419983134/4
- 5High Five1999 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/419993364/4
- 6Hot Six2000 · 294 pages · confirmed 4/420002944/4
- 7Seven Up2001 · 357 pages · confirmed 4/420013574/4
- 8Hard Eight2002 · 341 pages · confirmed 4/420023414/4
- 9To the Nines2003 · 372 pages · confirmed 4/420033724/4
- 10Ten Big Ones2004 · 340 pages · confirmed 4/420043404/4
- 11Eleven on Top2005 · confirmed 4/42005–4/4
- 12Twelve Sharp2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420063524/4
- 13Lean Mean Thirteen2007 · 310 pages · confirmed 4/420073104/4
- 14Fearless Fourteen2008 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420083204/4
- 15Finger Lickin' Fifteen2009 · 308 pages · confirmed 4/420093084/4
- 16Sizzling Sixteen2009 · 371 pages · confirmed 4/420093714/4
- 17Smokin' Seventeen2011 · confirmed 4/42011–4/4
- 18Explosive Eighteen2011 · 305 pages · confirmed 4/420113054/4
- 19Notorious Nineteen2012 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420123204/4
- 20Takedown Twenty2013 · 307 pages · confirmed 4/420133074/4
- 21Top Secret Twenty-One2014 · 341 pages · confirmed 4/420143414/4
- 22Tricky Twenty-Two2015 · 291 pages · confirmed 4/420152914/4
- 23Turbo Twenty-Three2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/420162884/4
- 24Hardcore Twenty-Four2017 · 285 pages · confirmed 4/420172854/4
- 25Look Alive Twenty-Five2018 · 311 pages · confirmed 4/420183114/4
- 26Twisted Twenty-Six2019 · 306 pages · confirmed 4/420193064/4
- 27Fortune and Glory2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420203204/4
- 28Game On2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/420213044/4
- 29Going Rogue2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420223204/4
- 30Dirty Thirty2023 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420233204/4
- 31Now or Never2024 · confirmed 4/42024–4/4
- 32Split Second2026 · confirmed 3/42026–3/4
Stephanie Plum Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Stephanie Plum books run from One for the Money (1994) to Split Second (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stephanie Plum in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Stephanie Plum books in order?
You should read the Stephanie Plum books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Stephanie Plum book also stands alone.
What order should you read Stephanie Plum books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with One for the Money (1994), the earliest published title. After it come Two for the Dough (1996), Three to Get Deadly (1997), Four to Score (1998) and High Five (1999); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Stephanie Plum book?
Split Second (2026) is the newest Stephanie Plum book released so far.
Is there a new Stephanie Plum book coming?
No next Stephanie Plum book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Stephanie Plum has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Stephanie Plum. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Dilys Award1998Wonfor Three to Get Deadly
- Dilys Award2001Shortlistedfor Hot Six
Stephanie Plum at a glance
- Still running
- Stephanie Plum is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Stephanie Plum books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,098 pages across the 28 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stephanie Plum books, 11 of 32, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 31 of the 32 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Stephanie Plum books are about
30 of the 32 Stephanie Plum books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bounty hunters is tagged on 14 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Bounty hunters 14 of 30 books
- Women bounty hunters 12 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 12 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective 11 of 30 books
- Bail bond agents 9 of 30 books
- Plum, stephanie (fictitious character) 7 of 30 books
- Humor 5 of 30 books
- Women private investigators 4 of 30 books
- Amerikanisches Englisch 3 of 30 books
- Bounty hunters in fiction 3 of 30 books
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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